Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking to those of you who are early birds. You wake up in the morning and are ready to work out. What things do you need to keep in mind if you are a morning workout person?
The least appealing thing a personal trainer can say to you is that to be healthy you have to change your lifestyle. Really, I should take that back. This is only unappealing if you are not up for changing or ready for big changes.
Today I am writing to those people that are in this boat. I am going to highlight 4 things you can do that are SO SIMPLE and will change your health for the better without completely inconveniencing yourself.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking to those of you who are on the move. You are traveling for work or leisure. You are not at home and don’t have access to your regular gym or wherever you go to workout. How can you still make sure you get your workouts in despite traveling?
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we’re talking to those of you who workout at home. You’re not fans of the gym. You don’t go to the gym. You get it all in at home. What things do you need to make sure to do in order to maximize your workouts at home.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking to those of you who have kids who are back in school. Their after-school activities are increasing, and you still need to find the time to workout. How can you do this with the increased schedule demand in the afternoon hours?
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. This week we are addressing our most-asked exercise question, “How can you exercise to minimize and reduce the achy joints and muscles?”.
It is common knowledge that exercise is necessary for a healthy body, but what about for a healthy brain? While we would love for our skeletal muscles, joints, and heart to stay strong and functioning well as we age, making sure our brain stays sharp is of the utmost importance, too. Can exercise help us maintain or even improve our cognitive function as we battle Father Time? And, if so, what do various studies suggest in terms of the type of exercise to do as well as the frequency, intensity, and duration?
As a personal trainer and Muscle Activation Techniques® practitioner in Schaumburg, IL, using exercise to help my clients stay physically healthy as they age is a fundamental aspect of my business. I am well-aware of the potency of appropriate exercise when it comes to battling chronic illnesses and improving physical function and quality of life. However, I was not well-versed in the impact that exercise can have on cognitive function.
It is not uncommon for clients to report that they feel mentally “sharper” after beginning to exercise on a regular basis. But what does the literature have to say about this? Is there information to validate these seemingly subjective claims?
Fortunately for all of us, the answer is yes. Exercise does appear to have both a positive impact on performance during cognitive tasks as well as on the physical structure of the brain itself, as determined by functional MRI. And there is a mounting pile of research to back it up.
What is even more interesting–at least to me–is that not only are these changes in cognitive function dependent on the types of activity that are done, but the positive brain impacts are dependent on the frequency, duration, and intensity of the exercise, as well.
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-MInute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking about a specific machine. In fact, this machine is usually just thought of as “the ladies’ machine”. But, we need to explain to the fellas why you need to be using it as well.
The machine we are talking about is the hip abduction and adduction machine. That is the machine where you sit down and you push your legs out or you sit down and you push your legs together.
“Which is most effective to gain mass in my arms – the rod, the barbell, or the curly?” This question was posted on Quora.com recently. While there are many exercise and fitness questions that I choose to skip over, I decided to answer this one because I felt it highlighted a common misunderstanding in the fitness industry. There is a notion out there that the results you get from exercise are somehow dependent on the tool (machine, free weight, cable, band, etc.) that is used while exercising. And, if you use one tool versus another, that you will get better results (more muscle, less fat, increased strength, improved endurance, and so forth).
Welcome back to this week’s edition of 2-Minute Tuesdays where we are talking about one exercise topic for two minutes and giving you three reasons why you should follow our advice. Now this week, we are talking to those of you who love working out to the point where you are sore. You wake up the next day and you feel achy and you love that feeling. Why should you work out not to the point of soreness?
